Changes in child care policies and reduced funding negatively affected families in 37 states, according to a recent report from the National Women’s Law Center. The NWLC report helped inform a recent New York Times story – “Aid for Child Care Drops When It Is Needed Most.” “With states under pressure to cut their budgets [...]
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Support for Child Care Subsidies Falters
Posted in Cost and affordability, Research on January 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Cost of Early Education and Care Remains High
Posted in Cost and affordability, Research on September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Once again, Massachusetts is among the states with the nation’s least affordable child care according to “Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2011 Update,” from the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. NACCRRA measures affordability by comparing cost with the state’s median income. In addition, in straight dollar terms, full-time [...]
Private Duty or Public Responsibility?
Posted in Cost and affordability on January 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The cover story of the December 12 Boston Globe Magazine – “The Day Care Squeeze” – described the difficulty of finding affordable, high-quality early education and care for young children in Massachusetts, which has the most expensive child care in the nation. Two readers whose letters are published in the magazine’s January 9 edition take [...]
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